I judged at Romsey Show, Hampshire, on 14th September.  This event clashed with the Frome Show so entries at both events were hit due to close proximity of the venues.  It was alovely one day show to visit and congratulations to Mortimers Charolais for winning overall. On the following day the South West Limousin Club […]

I took a team of 4 bulls and heifers to our local Honiton Show, 1st August.  This is always a great day out but the weather was exceptionally hot this year.  Exhibitors and animals all struggled to keep cool on the sunny showground site.  Stock performed well with each one winning their respective classes. I […]

Summer at last…. And temperatures up to 30 deg.C. – something we have not seen for many years.  Grass fields are looking quite brown but the cattle seem quite content with the silage given as a supplement. The S.W. Limousin Club sale at Bristol was not a great success – partly due to the hot […]

I took the Show team to the Royal Cornwall Show (6-8th June) and had success in the ring as well as a great social time catching up with friends in the west of England!  Kaprico Donato was male champion and the junior heifers/bulls were well placed in their classes.  The Royal Cornwall  is one of […]

Finally a good month in Devon … I was delighted to be awarded the Interbreed Beef Champion prize at our first show for 2013 – Devon County Show held mid May.  This was our first outing with a team comprising senior bull Kaprico Donato (Male Breed Champion), Junior Bulls Killerton Handel and Killerton Hillbilly (2nd […]

We have finally had some sunny weather which has enabled us to turn out most of the cattle and finish planting potatoes (6 weeks later than 2012).  However, the cold wind is holding back growth – with some autumn crops looking dubious and I am considering re-ploughing/re-drilling but the clock is ticking on.  The ‘patched’ […]

Spring is officially here but we will have to wait a while before we can get going with field work.  The recent cold dry spell has enabled us to ‘patch’ winter cereal fields which suffered during the extremely wet autumn/winter but it’s still too cold for the grass to start growing. Calving is keeping us […]

At the end of January a selection of pedigree bulls and heifers were scanned by Signet for muscle/fat depth to enhance our recording figures.  I find this a useful exercise but am unsure if the additional expense is worthwhile. One event which we all dread – the annual TB Test … We were delighted to […]

Happy New Year to you all – shhh, it hasn’t rained for a week but we don’t want to get too excited too quick. We have been busy ‘fluking’ all cows and weighing pedigree cattle for the Signet Beefbreeder records.  The autumn weaned / finishing cattle seem to have taken a long time to get […]

I had a very successful trip to the British Limousin Society’s Autumn Show & Sale at Brecon on 10th November with KILLERTON GERALD.  This May 2011 born bull was Overall Supreme Champion and sold for the top sale price to Richard Jones, Montgomery, Powys.  The full sale report was published in the Farmers Guardian www.farmersguardian.com/shows-and-sales/brecon-limousins-sell-to-8900gns/51250.article […]

Rain, Rain and even more RAIN ….. Never before have we all been so challenged and ‘cheesed off’. The final straw was just under 90 mm rain in the past week. The recent deluge has forced us to wean calves one month earlier than usual as our river meadows have been flooded weekly for the […]

I joined the SW Limousin Club on a very successful 4-day tour of limousin herds in Ireland during mid July.  We visited a number of farms and were fortunate to see outstanding cattle looking in top condition.  Hospitality was second to none and we all returned to our farms (depressed) with ideas on new blood […]